harebrained

Example Sentences

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I stared at that hand for a half second before acting on instinct and harebrained desperation.

From Literature

“It was the most harebrained operation I’d seen in my 38 years with the U.S. government,” Nagy said, referring to the methods used this year.

From Salon

“That’s the stupidest, dumbest, most harebrained scheme I’ve heard in my life,” a farmer complained to a government official in one scene, a sentiment studio executives echoed as they rejected Carter’s project as too far-fetched.

From Los Angeles Times

The scheme seemed as harebrained as it was cruel, and Martinez offered little to lend clarity.

From Los Angeles Times

Constrained by work and family, Mr. McDonnell took more than three years to carry out what he described as his “harebrained” idea.

From New York Times